Mary Toh, the mother of Amos Yee, has confirmed in a Facebook post that her son has been in solitary confinement in a United States detention centre for the past two weeks. The post was published on Feb. 25, 2017: Yee, the 18-year-old teenager who ran away from Singapore to seek political asylum in the US, looks set to spend a few more months languishing in jail over there as a result of President Donald Trump’s recent executive order barring refugees from entering the country. Yee’s Facebook page carried a post on Feb. 21 complaining about his prolonged stay in jail and asking his supporters to call attention to his plight to expedite his release. However, there was no mention made about him spending time in solitary confinement in that post. Yee’s mother did provide the reason for her son’s solitary confinement: Amos has been in solitary confinement (in a cell alone with...